I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 8 and in 2021 I will be a year 9. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Hey everyone so today I Had another do now my teacher told me that there was no written post for it today but I still decided to do one. So today's task was to watch the pirates of the Caribbean and then say what I thought of it. I Hope you have a wonderful day, Good-Bye
I have watched the movie and I think is was a really good movie It had a lot of things to do about captain Jack Sparrow and His boat which was called the black Pearl, I think the movie was a really good one I and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't watched it or just wants to watch it again
Hey everyone welcome back today I had to do something about dance for music there are four parts to this activity. I hope you enjoy this blog post have a wonderful day Good-bye
Part 1-Parris Goebel Who is Parris Goebel?-She is a dancer who has been interested in dance almost her hole life Where did she grow up?-She grew up in Auckland How/when did she study dance?-she started lessons when she was 10 so when she was ten years old she started to study dance
Part 2- The Royal family(Not the one in England) Who are the Royal family?-They are a hip hop dance crew from New Zealand What competitions have they won?- They have won the world hip hop dance championship 3 times in 2011 2012 and 2013 and they got a silver in 2015 and a bronze in 2016 What famous singers have they danced for?-Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Ciara, Thats all I can find https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mKzJIW9w2c(They dance in 2019)
Part 3-Choreography What does the word Choreography mean?-It is a sequence of dance and steps put together What is a choreographer?- They are a person who comes up with the dance Find two other choreographers-(Down below)
Paul Taylor Age-88 What he ran- He ran a dance company called Paul Taylor dance company which started in 1954 Birthday-29th July 1930 Passed away-29th august 2018
Martha Graham Age-96 What she ran-She didn't really run things but she taught ballet Birthday-11th May 1894 Passed away-1st April 1991
Part 4-Types of dance Hip-Hop-Hip hop dance is a vibrant form of dance that combines a variety of freestyle movements to create a cultural piece of art.
Ballet- Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian renaissance in the fifteenth century.
Jazz-Jazz is a type of music of black American origin which emerged at the beginning of the 20th century.
Salsa-It is a Latin dance associated with the music genre of the same name which was first popularized in the united states in the 1960s in new York city
Tap-It is a type of dance characterized by using the sound of metal taps affixed to the heel and toe of shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion.
Contemporary- It is a dance performance that developed during he mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres
Hey everyone welcome back today I had to do a task about the pacific music so I had to choose some of them and I choose Samoa, Tonga and Fiji, Now I have to answer some questions I hope you enjoy have a wonderful rest of your day, Good-Bye
Samoa Where is the island Located in the Pacific and what does the flag look like? It is located half way between new Zealand and Hawaii (The flag)
What is the music like? It is a complex mix of cultures and traditions (some of the music)
What Instruments are used? They use many Instruments for example some of them are Snare Drum Bass Drum Wood Block Tambourine and more
Is there dancing that goes with it? What is it like? Include Pictures/Videos Yes there is dancing that goes with it, It is a very Calm but also can be very active.
Tonga Where is the island Located in the Pacific and what does the flag look like? It is located south of Samoa and 2/3 of the way from new Zealand and Hawaii (The flag)
What is the music like? It can be either very emotional or somewhat modern with instrumental makeup including modern brass instruments
(Some of the music)
What instruments do they use? They use
Idiophones Chorodophones Aerophones And more
Is there dancing that goes with it? What is it like? Include Pictures/Videos
with certain songs there is a dance to it. It is a really active dance.
(A video of the dance)
Fiji Where is the island Located in the Pacific and what does the flag look like? It is 3,000 miles away from Australia and 1,300 miles from New Zealand (The Flag)
What is the music like? There music is like a folk music
(Some of there music)
What instruments do they use? Sakara Drum Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister Abass Akande Obesere Ayinde Wasiu Mashal
Is there dancing that goes with it? What is it like? Include Pictures/Videos Yes there is in fact the name of the dance is The Meke Dance, It can be a active dance (A video Of the dance)
